Boys basketball/Fox Valley roundup
Rockford Jefferson 82, Burlington Central 80: Despite 25 points each from Ray Hunnicutt and Sam Klein, Burlington Central lost a tough triple overtime decision to Jefferson in the opening round of the Chuck Dayton Tournament in DeKalb. “We battled the whole game and we hit shots when we needed to to stay in it,” said BC coach Brett Porto. “It was a tough game but we played hard the whole way through.” Jared Moxness added 8 points for the Rockets (4-4).
CL Central 54, Cary-Grove 40: Matt Aulert had 12 points and Jon Guay added 10 for the Trojans (4-6) in this loss at the Jacobs Holiday Classic. Nick Richter added 9 points for Cary-Grove.
CL South 42, Prairie Ridge 22: The Gators led 23-10 at halftime and never looked back in winning this Jacobs Holiday Classic game. Ethan Breitenstein had 9 points and Ryan Price scored 8 to lead CL South (7-3).